See the rules for playing bumper pool
Bumper pool is a unique version of the billiard game. It is played with the help of pool sticks like those used in pool table games. However, this is where the similarities end. In this game you must shoot directly into the hole instead of shooting a ball to hit another in the hole. You could even play defense by hitting your opponent’s ball in a difficult position. It is actually an obstacle pool game where players shoot around the obstacles to put them in their pocket.
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Game settings
The bumper pool is usually played by 2 people or 4 people in 2 teams. Each team or player selects 5 red or 5 white balls. Of them, a red ball consists of a white point and a white ball has a red point. They must be pocketed first in the game. One person places 2 red balls on each side of the white pocket and the marked red ball just in front of the white pocket. Another places 2 white balls on each side of the red pocket and the marked white ball in front of the red pocket at the other end of the table.
Starting the game
As the game begins, you must place your dotted cue ball facing the scoring hole on your side. Both players hit the soiled cue ball simultaneously and bounce it off the edge of the table to their right side into the scoring hole on the other side of the table.
Shift order
The player who locates the end of the cue ball near the scoring hole goes first. He continues to shoot until he fails to hit the scoring hole. Then it’s the other player’s turn.
How to play
Each player must shoot into the pocket on the opposite side of the table. To start the game, both players hit their respective marked balls simultaneously, placing them on the side of the table in the correct direction. Players hit directly into the bumper pool and not with the cue ball as in the case of the regular pool. If you are the first to hit the pocket directly at the opposite end of the table, you must continue your turn. In case no one hits, they both return their marked balls to the starting point to shoot again. If both people hit the pocket directly, each must place one of their remaining balls before the pocket and take the second shot in the same way. A player’s turn continues until he fails to hit at the pocket.
Hitting in the wrong hole
If it hits the wrong hole, it will count. However, your opponent could place two of his balls in the hole with his hand. If a player hits last on the wrong scoring hole, they will lose the game.
Penalties
If you accidentally pocket your opponent’s ball, it remains pocketed. If you accidentally hit the wrong scoring pocket or pocket a solid ball before the marked ball, the opponent could remove two of the balls from the table and put them in. It will be an automatic loss, if you shoot the last one in the wrong scoring pocket. If you hit a ball off the table, your opponent can place it anywhere on the table. Also, your opponent could place it in the center of the bumpers, as this is the most difficult place to shoot.
Take a look at these simple bumper pool table game rules and play this game perfectly in your leisure hours.